Fact Table
Established/Incorporated
| 1873
| Incorporated as First Class City
| 1901
| Population (2017)
| 33,835
| Area in square miles/2-mile jurisdiction
| 13.2 miles/71.9 miles
| Form of Government
| Council-Manager (Adopted 1950)
| Council Members
| 5 - Elected at large
| Mayor
| Selected by City Council
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| Taxes
| City property tax rate
| $0.14887 per $100 valuation
| City sales tax rate
| 1.5%
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| Police Protection
| Sworn Personnel/Civilian Personnel
| 54/14
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| Fire Protection
| Number of stations
| 3
| Volunteers/Paid Staff
| 63/13.5
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| Park and Recreation
| Public parks
| 15
| Total acreage of parks and greenspace
| 577.48
| Annual swimming pools attendance
| 54,845
| Annual recreation program attendance
| 15,000+
| Rentals/uses at park facilities
| 2,300
| Public tennis courts
| 16
| Miles of bicycle pathways
| 20.21
| Municipal golf course
| 1 (18-hole)
| Golf Rounds per year
| 31,620
| Cemetery
| 60 developed acres
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| Library
| Books and audio and visuals
| 135,951
| Card holders
| 40,973
| Circulation
| 517,325
| Visits
| 219,966
| Public computer use and logins
| 92,291
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| Regional Airport
| Enplanements
| 1 3,038
| Takeoffs and landings
| 25,000 operations
| Home based aircraft
| 40
| Length of longest runway
| 7,100 feet
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| Development Services
| Building permits issued in 2022
| 627
| 2022 Total Building Permit Valuation
| $133,946,880
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| Public Works
| Miles of street (center line)
| 177 center line miles
| Lane miles of street
| 557
| Signalized intersections
| 20 City - 24 State
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| Utilities
| Water
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| Miles of water main/gallons pumped
| 204/2.22 billion
| Fire hydrants
| 1,550
| Total water meters
| 10,346
| Water towers
| 3,750,000 gal. capacity
| Sanitary Sewer
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| Miles of sewer main/gallons treated
| 159/1.16 billion
| Pumping stations
| 19
| Sanitation
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| Single family/multi-family collections
| 9,118 per week/1,826 per week
| Commercial collections
| 2,450 per week
| Yard waste collection
| 3,612 participants
| Recycling collection curb-side
| 5,132 participants
| Waste collected and delivered to Landfill
| 24,198 tons
| Material recycled
| 3,569 tons
| Landfill
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| Residential waste received
| 26,137 tons
| Refuse received
| 45,798 tons
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